Sweatin with the Oldies


I've been really lazy lately, and working out hasn't been at the top of my priority list. So I compromised with myself. I would check out a class at the gym, and if it sucked, I could just sit in the hot pool/sauna. Sounded like a good plan to me.

Here is the class description:
24 Aqua
This popular water workout includes cardio and resistance training to help tone and sculpt without impact to the joints. Resistance tools may include buoyant water weights and noodles.

Sounds like a good class, right? Only it was everything you imagine water aerobics to be. I was by far the youngest person in that pool. And by the time I figured out the class was lame, it was too late to cut out.

The class instructor has got to have the easiest job there. In the beginning, peopler were just jogging around the pool, and he'd show up every few minutes and say, "turn around" and we'd start jogging the other way. It also took me a while to figure out that he was practicing dance moves while we were jumping around in the pool. I kept mistaking his body rolls for the actual workout we were supposed to be doing.

At one point, he was doing pelvic thrusts (part of the workout), and swinging his shirt around above his head.

I guess it was an ok workout because my legs are sore. But let's just say I won't be going back. A day later and I still smell like chlorine. And the striptease was a little more than I want from a workout.